Rename the filename using python

I have folder where I have multiple files. Out of this files I want to rename some of them. For example: PB report December21 North.xlsb, PB report November21 North.xslb and so on. They all have a same start – PB report. I would like to change their name and leave only PB report and Month. For example PB report December.

I have tried this code:

import os

path = r'C://Users//greencolor//Desktop//Autoreport//Load_attachments//'
for filename in os.listdir(path):
    if filename.startswith("PB report"):
     os.rename(filename, filename[:-8])

-8 indicates that I want to split the name from the end on the 8th character

I get this error:

FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified

Any suggestion?

Answer

You need the path when renaming file with os.rename:

Replace:

os.rename(filename, filename[:-8])

With:

filename_part, extension = os.path.splitext(filename)
os.rename(path+filename, path+filename_part[:-8]+extension)

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